Croatia at the Paralympics
# Croatia at the Paralympics

Croatia, following its independence, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending three competitors in swimming, two in shooting and one in track and field. The latter, Milka Milinković, won Croatia's first Paralympic medal, and its only medal of the 1992 Games - a bronze in the women's javelin (THW5 category).

Croatia has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It first participated in the Winter Paralympics in 2002, with two representatives in alpine skiing, and has entered every edition of the Winter Games since then.

Croatians have won a total of twenty-eight Paralympic medals, of which six gold, eight silver and fourteen bronze. Twenty-six of these medals have been won at the Summer Games, in track and field, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo. And with the exception of Milinković's early bronze, all have been won from 2004 games onwards. At the Winter Games Croatia has won two medals, gold in alpine skiing and bronze in snowboarding.

## List of medalists

### Summer sports

| Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Milka Milinković | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's javelin throw THW5 | September 1992 |
| Bronze | Mihovil Španja | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S8 | 22 September 2004 |
| Bronze | Mihovil Španja | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 200 m individual medley SM8 | 23 September 2004 |
| Bronze | Mihovil Španja | 2004 Athens | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S8 | 24 September 2004 |
| Bronze | Jelena Vuković | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's discus throw F42–46 | 25 September 2004 |
| Gold | Antonia Balek | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's javelin throw F33–34/52–53 | 13 September 2008 |
| Gold | Antonia Balek | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's shot put F32–34/52–53 | 15 September 2008 |
| Gold | Darko Kralj | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's shot put F42 | 10 September 2008 |
| Silver | Branimir Budetić | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F11–12 | 10 September 2008 |
| Silver | Darko Kralj | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's shot put F42–44 | 31 August 2012 |
| Silver | Zoran Talić | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's long jump F20 | 4 September 2012 |
| Bronze | Branimir Budetić | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F12–13 | 5 September 2012 |
| Bronze | Mikela Ristoski | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's long jump F20 | 3 September 2012 |
| Bronze | Mihovil Španja | 2012 London | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S7 | 30 August 2012 |
| Gold | Sandra Paović | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Table tennis | Women's individual C6 | 12 September 2016 |
| Gold | Mikela Ristoski | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's long jump F20 | 15 September 2016 |
| Silver | Zoran Talić | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's long jump F20 | 11 September 2016 |
| Silver | Anđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Table tennis | Women's team C1–3 | 16 September 2016 |
| Bronze | Velimir Šandor | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 | 8 September 2016 |
| Silver | Velimir Šandor | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 | 29 August 2021 |
| Silver | Ivan Katanušić | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's discus throw F64 | 2 September 2021 |
| Silver | Ivan Mikulić | 2020 Tokyo | Taekwondo | Men's +75 kg | 4 September 2021 |
| Bronze | Anđela Mužinić and Helena Dretar Karić | 2020 Tokyo | Table tennis | Women's team C1–3 | 1 September 2021 |
| Bronze | Mikela Ristoski | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's long jump F20 | 3 September 2021 |
| Bronze | Dino Sinovčić | 2020 Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke S6 | 3 September 2021 |
| Bronze | Deni Černi | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's shot put F33 | 4 September 2021 |

### Winter sports

| Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Dino Sokolović | 2018 Pyeongchang | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom sitting | 17 March 2018 |
| Bronze | Bruno Bošnjak | 2018 Pyeongchang | Snowboarding | Men's banked slalom SB-LL2 | 16 March 2018 |

## List of flag bearers

| No. | Event year | Season | Flag bearer | Sport |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1992 Barcelona | Summer | | |
| 2 | 1996 Atlanta | Summer | | |
| 3 | 2000 Sydney | Summer | | |
| 4 | 2002 Salt Lake City | Winter | | |
| 5 | 2004 Athens | Summer | Mihovil Španja | Swimming |
| 6 | 2006 Turin | Winter | Zlatko Pesjak | Alpine skiing |
| 7 | 2008 Beijing | Summer | Marija Iveković | Athletics |
| 8 | 2010 Vancouver | Winter | Mario Dadić | Alpine skiing |
| 9 | 2012 London | Summer | Darko Kralj | Athletics |
| 10 | 2014 Sochi | Winter | Dino Sokolović | Alpine skiing |
| 11 | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Summer | Branimir Budetić | Athletics |
| 12 | 2018 Pyeongchang | Winter | Eva Goluža | Alpine skiing |
| 13 | 2020 Tokyo | Summer | Mikela Ristoski | Athletics |
| 14 | 2022 Beijing | Winter | Bruno Bošnjak | Snowboarding |

## Multiple medal winners

The following list only contains medal winners for Croatia as an independent country.

| Athlete | Sex | Sport | Years | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antonia Balek | F | Athletics | 2008 | Summer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darko Kralj | M | Athletics | 2008–2012 | Summer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mikela Ristoski | F | Athletics | 2012–2020 | Summer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Zoran Talić | M | Athletics | 2012–2016 | Summer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Branimir Budetić | M | Athletics | 2008–2012 | Summer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Helena Dretar Karić | F | Table tennis | 2016–2020 | Summer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Anđela Mužinić | F | Table tennis | 2016–2020 | Summer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Velimir Šandor | M | Athletics | 2016–2020 | Summer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mihovil Španja | M | Swimming | 2004–2012 | Summer | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
